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    help with interesting command line behavior

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      helloThere
      last edited by helloThere

      Pi Model or other hardware: 4 B
      Power Supply: 5.1V || 3 A
      USB Devices connected: keyboard, mouse
      Controller used: arcade buttons and joysticks via USB Encoder
      32 GB SD Card (retropie), 64 GB USB Flash Drive (roms and stuff)

      I am experiencing some interesting behavior from my command line interface. I don't remember doing anything in particular to cause this.

      I can still exit it by hitting Ctrl + Alt + Sys Rq + O, but this happens to the command line almost every time I type a command. All my controllers are working fine in emulationstation and in my ROMs AFAIK. None of the commands I try inputting in the lines starting with '>' actually run

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      • ClydeC
        Clyde
        last edited by

        You forgot the second pair of quotes at the end of the path.

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          helloThere
          last edited by

          I know the command is wrong, but I'm not sure what's up with the other lines. I can't seem to get back to the first line.

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          • ClydeC
            Clyde
            last edited by

            The behaviour is caused by the missing quotes. You can end it by pressing ctrl+c.

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              helloThere
              last edited by helloThere

              Alright, thanks. This was driving me a bit mental

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              • ClydeC
                Clyde
                last edited by

                🙂

                In general, if the command line does strange things, it's a good idea to check if the command was entered correctly. As in this case, one missing or wrong character can be the culprit.

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